Kay Katz

She has been associated with the Masur Museum, ULM Art Department, and ULM Foundation for the Performing Arts, Children's Museum, Twin City (Monroe/West Monroe Ballet, and the Masterworks Chorus.

Katz is a former Louisiana Republican national committeewoman, she was automatically a member of the 168-member Republican National Committee. Read Less

She was also highly ranked by the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry.

Katz was married to Ben Sanders Katz, Jr. (March 3, 1938 - January 13, 2010), until his death at the age of seventy-one from complications of pneumonia. Ben Katz, a native of Starkville, Mississippi, was the son of Ben Katz, Sr., and the former Mildred Stanley. He graduated from Starkville High School and Mississippi State University. He was a senior vice president of Amax Coal Company and president of Deposit Trust Bank. Ben Katz served on the boards of the Council on Aging, the Food Bank of Northeast Louisiana, Monroe Rotary International, and the Council of Retired Executives.

By her late husband Kay Katz has three children, Dr. Robert Britton "Brit" Katz (born 1957), Kelley Katz Vance (born 1958), and Kris Katz Coons. The Katzes are Presbyterian. At the time of his death, Ben Katz was the only Republican member of the Monroe City Council. In his third term from Council District 2, he had succeeded his wife on the council after victory in a special election called in 2000 after Kay Katz entered the legislature. Read Less